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The Old Guys Podcast | NFL DFS Week 16

·1 hr 5 min·4 clips

Mason Rudolph is starting for the Steelers, and the team is described as "an absolute disaster."

1. Daily Fantasy Sports | Advice, Picks, Strategy, Bets focuses on Week 16 of The Old Guys Pod and mixes Christmas chatter with NFL DFS talk. 2. The main voices are Uncle T, JT, and Holden, who trade jokes because they are the regular hosts driving the football breakdown. 3. The episode asks how a nine-game Sunday slate changes DFS decisions when Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Brock Purdy are absent. 4. The show opens with Uncle T in a winter hat, a joke about his heat bill, and a complaint that his internet is screwed up. 5. The hosts talk about Christmas travel plans to Houston and Cancun, including flying on Christmas Day because "no one's flying." 6. JT says he is "debating some NBA late swaps" and then decides to "stick with what I have and let it ride." 7. Holiday traditions come up, including family time, poker games, and two weeks off for radio around Christmas. 8. The group debates Christmas movies, and Bad Santa, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Die Hard, Elf, and It's a Wonderful Life all get mentioned by name. 9. The conversation turns into a joke about whether adult men still buy Christmas gifts for each other, with the focus shifting to nephews and godchildren instead. 10. The DFS slate discussion notes that Sunday has only nine games and lacks several top quarterbacks, which makes the player pool narrower. 11. The missing quarterbacks list includes Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Brock Purdy, and that absence shapes the slate analysis. 12. On the Saturday side, the Bengals and Steelers game gets framed around Pittsburgh's inconsistency and Cincinnati's recent form. 13. Uncle T says the Bengals have struggled against Pittsburgh even when Cincinnati has been good, and he recalls the earlier 16-6 loss after Joe Burrow's injury. 14. The Steelers section points to Mason Rudolph starting and the team being called "an absolute disaster." 15. George Pickens becomes a major talking point after the hosts mention his missed block at the goal line and his explanation that he saw the Tank Dell injury. 16. Mike Tomlin's situation comes under scrutiny as the hosts list Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph, and Mitchell Trubisky as his quarterback room. 17. The tone stays loose, sarcastic, and conversational, with several interruptions and side jokes about microphones, backgrounds, and old shows. 18. The format is a panel-style hangout that keeps drifting between family talk, fantasy football, and NFL personality debates. 19. People who like DFS slate structure, Bengals-Steelers angles, and Steelers personnel talk would get the most from it. 20. People wanting a tight, focused DFS breakdown without holiday banter will probably skip it.

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